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Shrewsbury Township supervisor plans to continue to serve

Despite calls for her resignation, Cynthia DeLeone and an official say she lives in the township.

By BARB KREBS For the Daily Record/Sunday News

Updated:
05/11/2013 04:43:05 PM EDT

York, PA -

Shrewsbury Township Supervisor Cynthia DeLeone plans to continue serving the residents of the township who elected her.

DeLeone made a statement at the Wednesday meeting, saying that her primary residence is on the Susquehanna Trail South. DeLeone said she has been absent from recent meetings because she has been harassed. She has reported the incidents to the state police but has a second residence where she feels safe.

"I continue to read my e-mails, and check with the office on a regular basis on township business. I was elected by the residents of Shrewsbury Township to perform a job for them," she said, asking to be left alone to continue to serve as a supervisor.

In April and again at the May 1 board meeting, residents Earl Schuckman and Phil Andre, said DeLeone does not live in the township, is not eligible to serve on the board, and should resign.

"I am asking Ms. DeLeone to do the right thing and resign from the board effectively immediately and if she was here I would tell her all other actions will be stopped," Schuckman said at the May 1 meeting.

Schuckman and Andre said according to a private investigator they hired, DeLeone lives in York Township.

"I can hardly believe that there is nothing we can do about it if any supervisor is not living in the township," resident Ed Waugh said earlier this month.

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Solicitor Charles Rausch repeated the advice he gave in April saying the board cannot act as group to remove DeLeone from her position. However, board members can act as individuals and with other residents in bringing the matter to the district attorney.

"You have more power than the township does. You can bring a lawsuit," he told Waugh.

Township manager Todd Zeigler according to an email from DeLeone she lives in Shrewsbury Township.

Zeigler said he has also received information from the owner of the rental property at the Susquehanna Trail South verifying that DeLeone is a tenant there.

Schuckman indicated after the May 1 meeting that DeLeone is not living in the township and he intends to continue efforts to force her to resign from the board.

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